Window-curtain appliance.



No. 879,226. PATENTED FEB 18, 1908. L. 'H. WHITE. WINDOWGURTAIN'APPLIANOE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16, 1905.

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WINDOW-CURTAIN APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Application filed October 16. 1905- Serial No. 282-935- Patented Feb.18, 1908..

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LENA HERzoG WHITE, a citizen of the UnitedStates,'residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of gagesIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWindow-Curtain Appliances, of which the followingis a specificae tion.

This invention relates to means for facilitatin the insertion oflace-curtain rods and rod being arrested by thefilaments or threads,

and the object of my invention is to overcome this difficulty byproviding a removable threadingepoint, or tapered end, which may beconveniently and rapidly adjusted upon through the fold and the Webthereof.

the end of the rod and made to serveas a temporary guide for the latterduring its passage And with the foregoing'named object in view myinvention consists in the novel threadingpoint hereinafter described indetail, illustrated in the drawing and defined in the cl aims, and inits combmation with a curtainro In the drawing-Figures 1 to 4 inclusiveillustrate our forms of the invention, Figs. 1 to 3 being outside viewsand Fig. 4 a longitudinal section.- Figs. 5, 6 and 7, are transversesections of, respectively, Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Fi 8 is a view of the openend of the point s own in Fig. 4. Fig. 9 1s a perspective view showing afragment of curtain and the pointed end of a rod partly inserted in thefold or hem of the curtain.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 2 and 3 represent two differentsizes of hollow or tubular curtain-rods, while 4 represents a solid rod.

5, 6 and 7 represent three different forms. of tips or points adapted tobe mounted upon the ends of either hollow or tubular rods and 8represents a form of tip or point adapted for tubular rods. The body ofthe threat ingpoin t'fi is in the form of a sheet-metal cone providedwith a series of spring-jaws or clamps 9 which may be separated to admitbetween them the rod 2. The dotted lines show the depth of insertion ofthe latter and also indicate how rods of varying sizes may be served asshown plain by the same oint. If the. rod is of small diameter it w- I,enter deeper into the cone, or closer to its apex, than if it is large,the maximum diameter of the rod being hmited to the internal diameter ofthe base of the cone. The spring-jaws 9 may be integral with the conicalportion, or be separate members secured to the cone. In the latter eventthey would either be attached to the inner walls of the base of theconeor to the edges so as to present no projection liable. to catch thethreads or weave of the curtain-loop, fold or hem 10 of the curtain 11.After the point has been started through the passage 12 of the fold 10the latter will be ex anded usually some distance ahead of t e apex 13clearing a path through the fold for the extreme end of the point andfor this reason the 9. ex 13 should not be too far removed from t e baselet; that is the ta er of the cone should be as short as ossib e withoutmaking the inclination of t e outer surface of the cone too abrupt foreasy sliding contact with the sides of the opening 12 The threadingpoint shown in Fig. 2 is made of a single piece of spring sheet-metalout and rolled into a form which rovides the conical tip. labeled 6 andthe cy 'ndrical portion 15 the meeting edges of which .are

dicated by dotted lines at '17. In its normal position the cylindricalportion as well as the conical portion have the form substantially ofthe point shown in Fig. 3, which is identical with Fig. 2 except thatthe'cylindrical portion is not cut away as at 16. Fig. 2, therefore, issubstantially the point 6 ex- In Fig. 3 the meetingedges 16 art 15overlap considerably, y in cross section view, Fig. 7. These edgesextend tothe apex of the conical portion where an overlapping alsoexists, though the expanding movement is smaller in the conical than inthe clamp or jaw-portion 15 or 15.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a cone-point 8 provided with internal-engagementmeans suitsmall rod 4. and 1.7 of the bent spring formed into 2.

arms 18 and 19 arranged to e normally exanded apart as indicated bydotted lines instead of normally contracted as their equivalent parts'in Fi s. 2 and 3 The s ring 18--19 is soldere or otherwise suitl a 1ysecured, at 20, 20 and any suitable numpJair of frictioncut awayslantingly at 16 and overlap as i11 able for rods such as 2 and 3,consisting of a panded upon the large rod 3 instead of the her, otherthan merely two, of arms 18 and I vided with an elastic and expansible'body 19 may be provided.

In Fig. 1 the conical portion or head need not -be s lit as in Figs. 2and 3. The same is true of *ig. 4, but in all of'the forms shown thethreading point is adapted for rods of a I l l large variety of sizes,which sizes may range l from, say, one-eighth of an inch to the usualthree-eighths size, or eyen larger, according to the normally contractedor expanded position of the resilient, or body, portion of thethreading-point.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. Atapered threading-point provided With an expansible body constructed tocover the end of a curtain rod and to beheld thereupon by yieldingfrictional engagement.

2. A tapered threading-point adapted to cover the end of a curtain rodand provided with a clamping device for fastening said point removablyto said rod.

3. The combination, with a curtain-rod, of a device which comprises athreadingpointean enlarged body-portion adapted to expand the hem of acurtain after I said threading-point has served to make the initial.opening in the hem, and elasticmeans for fastening said head againstthe end of said rod.

4. The combination with a curtain-rod of a threading point whichcomprises a substantially conical head having a base of largercircumference than the circumference of said rod and having a flexibleand expansible body ortion the circumference of which is norma y lessthan the circumference of said rod.

5. A threading-point for curtain-rods that consists of a substantiallyconical head proportion adapted to confine said head upon the ends ofrods of different cross-sections.

6. A threading-point for curtain-rods which consists of a substantiallyconical point provided with contractile and expansible jaws upon the endof a curtain-rod so as to hold said point against the end of said rodand to cover said end.

7. A threading-point for curtain-rods consisting of a single metallicbody having a tapered or comcal forward end and a rear contractible andexpansible portion adapted to (pass the ends of rods of varyingdiameters an to be held upon'the latter by frictional contact.

or arms adapted to be clamped 8. A threading-point comprising a hollowcone and an elastic clamping portion, the inner walls, from apex tobase, of said cone adapted to bear against the end-edges of any one of avariety of curtain-rods whose crosssections e ual any one of theinterior crosssections of said cone, said clamping portion arranged toyieldingly engage the sides of the rod and hold said cone in positionagainst said end. i 9. A threading-point com rising a single sheet ofspring metal which as been rolled into an expansible 'and substantiallycylindrical body having a conical tip, the meeting edges of said bodybeing normally overlapped, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. LENA H. WHITE.

Witnesses:

I. H. ATHEY, M. WEsTRoM.

